Beyond mass spectrometry, the next step in proteomics

W Timp, G Timp - Science Advances, 2020 - science.org
Proteins can be the root cause of a disease, and they can be used to cure it. The need to
identify these critical actors was recognized early (1951) by Sanger; the first biopolymer …

Nanopore-based fourth-generation DNA sequencing technology

Y Feng, Y Zhang, C Ying, D Wang… - Genomics, Proteomics …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Nanopore-based sequencers, as the fourth-generation DNA sequencing technology, have
the potential to quickly and reliably sequence the entire human genome for less than 1000 …

Microfluidic approaches for isolation, detection, and characterization of extracellular vesicles: Current status and future directions

S Gholizadeh, MS Draz, M Zarghooni… - Biosensors and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived vesicles present in body fluids that play an
essential role in various cellular processes, such as intercellular communication …

Fundamental studies of nanofluidics: nanopores, nanochannels, and nanopipets

DG Haywood, A Saha-Shah, LA Baker… - Analytical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Ion, particle, and fluid transport in nanofluidic devices has received considerable attention
over the past two decades due to unique transport properties exhibited at the nanoscale. 1 …

Reading the primary structure of a protein with 0.07 nm3 resolution using a subnanometre-diameter pore

E Kennedy, Z Dong, C Tennant, G Timp - Nature nanotechnology, 2016 - nature.com
The primary structure of a protein consists of a sequence of amino acids and is a key factor
in determining how a protein folds and functions. However, conventional methods for …

Automated Fabrication of 2‐nm Solid‐State Nanopores for Nucleic Acid Analysis

K Briggs, H Kwok, V Tabard‐Cossa - Small, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate the automated and reproducible fabrication of sub‐2‐nm nanopores in 10‐
nm thick silicon nitride membranes, through controlled dielectric breakdown in solution. Our …

Label-free optical detection of biomolecular translocation through nanopore arrays

A Ivankin, RY Henley, J Larkin, S Carson… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
In recent years, nanopores have emerged as exceptionally promising single-molecule
sensors due to their ability to detect biomolecules at subfemtomole levels in a label-free …

Graphene nanopore with a self-integrated optical antenna

SW Nam, I Choi, C Fu, K Kim, SG Hong, Y Choi… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report graphene nanopores with integrated optical antennae. We demonstrate that a
nanometer-sized heated spot created by photon-to-heat conversion of a gold nanorod …

Correlated electrical and optical analysis of single nanoparticles and biomolecules on a nanopore-gated optofluidic chip

S Liu, Y Zhao, JW Parks, DW Deamer, AR Hawkins… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The analysis of individual biological nanoparticles has significantly advanced our
understanding of fundamental biological processes but is also rapidly becoming relevant for …

Nanopore-based assay for detection of methylation in double-stranded DNA fragments

J Shim, Y Kim, GI Humphreys, AM Nardulli, F Kosari… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification of DNA in which methyl groups are added at
the 5-carbon position of cytosine. Aberrant DNA methylation, which has been associated …